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La Policia Local de Formentera obre 115 actes per venda ambulant
The president's office of the Formentera Council reports the island's law enforcement force has logged 115 citations for itinerant sales this summer. Bartomeu Escandell, who is the chief of the department in addition to head of the local police, says the citations reflect the administration's commitment to supporting local business and stemming the unfair competition that itinerant vendors represent. Quipped Escandell, “itine...
Formentera stages Posidònia Fòrum
The tourism and environment bureaus of the Formentera Council are putting together Posidònia Fòrum this Friday, a day of dialogue between business, island residents and the administration as the Council works towards sustainability in terms of one of the island's most critical pieces of patrimony: posidonia seagrass. Posidònia FòrumThe working day will focus on the milestones as we take steps towards conserving posidonia, a k...
Day of learning about children, wellness and sport on Formentera
The culture office of the Formentera Council has selected the department's Sala d'Actes to hold a discussion led by Xavier Cañellas. The gathering will kick off at 9.30am on Saturday October 20, and will focus on the island's so-called “values plan” concerning children, wellness and sport. Cañellas is a psychoneuroimmunologist, lecturer and professor involved in an array of master's programmes and courses, plus coauthor of “N...
Ment i Cor: Formentera hosts first open days for gifted children
The Formentera Council's education office announces that this weekend island families can look forward to a series of open days on the intellectually gifted and exceptionally talented organised by two area groups together with support from the Council. Ment i Cor (Catalan for “Mind and Body”) is being put together by ACTEF, an association to support individuals with exceptional abilities and talents, and the Balearic Islands' ...
Following weekend of stormy weather, crews clear wreckage and repair watercraft
The Formentera Council's environment office says administration crews will take the lead in removing wreckage left after rough seas hit the island last weekend. The environment office is working to comb Formentera's waters and shores for destroyed ships before they are washed out to sea. The crews' operating costs will be billed to shipowners. Wreckage of four ships is being recovered. Luna, a motorboat that ran aground Frid...
Formentera prepares Es Ca Marí sewage grid projects
The Formentera Council's infrastructure department conferred drafting of a drainage project at Es Ca Marí that would involve a network of drainage pipes and connections to individual households plus pumps linking properties with the Abaqua station. The €12,000 project was awarded to Gradual Ingenieros. Abaqua, too, are now preparing a project involving waste water removal on Es Ca Marí's secondary network (or xarxa en alta—as...
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